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Spooner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
For which
1. "Are you implying my original sentence is OK as it is without any grammatical ambiguity for which I have looked for alternatives in the first place?"
In the sentence above, did I use "for which" correctly or doesn't it make sense in the context?
I am curious because when I rewrite the part,
"I have looked for alternatives for grammatical ambiguity." doesn't seem to make sense.
2. "Are you implying my original sentence is OK as it is without any grammatical ambiguity which is why I have looked for alternatives in the first place?"
3. "Are you implying my original sentence is OK as it is without any grammatical ambiguity to which I have looked for alternatives in the first place?"
2,3 are some other althernatives I came up with but I don't know whether they are grammatically correct either.
I would appreciate any help I can get.
In the sentence above, did I use "for which" correctly or doesn't it make sense in the context?
I am curious because when I rewrite the part,
"I have looked for alternatives for grammatical ambiguity." doesn't seem to make sense.
2. "Are you implying my original sentence is OK as it is without any grammatical ambiguity which is why I have looked for alternatives in the first place?"
3. "Are you implying my original sentence is OK as it is without any grammatical ambiguity to which I have looked for alternatives in the first place?"
2,3 are some other althernatives I came up with but I don't know whether they are grammatically correct either.
I would appreciate any help I can get.
Top answer
Hi... #2 is WAY better. #1 is too complex and sounds odd!
- Hi...
- #2 is WAY better.
- #1 is too complex and sounds odd!
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Hi again.
3 is worst, as it uses 'to' not 'for'. You were right to try with 'for'.. it just gets too 'wordy'!
3 is worst, as it uses 'to' not 'for'. You were right to try with 'for'.. it just gets too 'wordy'!
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Thanks again. Just a quick question...
When you say it's "wordy", do you mean it's grammatically incorrect and should not be used or is it more of personal preference of not liking a wordy sentence?
When you say it's "wordy", do you mean it's grammatically incorrect and should not be used or is it more of personal preference of not liking a wordy sentence?
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I mean there are too many words and so it becomes ungrammatical. The structure is hard for us to interpret.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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